EP3571041B1 - Two-ply channel liner, label, and roll - Google Patents

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EP3571041B1
EP3571041B1 EP18742376.9A EP18742376A EP3571041B1 EP 3571041 B1 EP3571041 B1 EP 3571041B1 EP 18742376 A EP18742376 A EP 18742376A EP 3571041 B1 EP3571041 B1 EP 3571041B1
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    • G09F3/0288—Labels or tickets consisting of more than one part, e.g. with address of sender or other reference on separate section to main label; Multi-copy labels
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65C—LABELLING OR TAGGING MACHINES, APPARATUS, OR PROCESSES
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    • B65C9/08—Label feeding
    • B65C9/18—Label feeding from strips, e.g. from rolls
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    • G09—EDUCATION; CRYPTOGRAPHY; DISPLAY; ADVERTISING; SEALS
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    • G09F2003/0229—Carrier roll
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    • G09—EDUCATION; CRYPTOGRAPHY; DISPLAY; ADVERTISING; SEALS
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    • G09F3/02—Forms or constructions
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    • G09F2003/0267—Shapes or borders die cut
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    • G09—EDUCATION; CRYPTOGRAPHY; DISPLAY; ADVERTISING; SEALS
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    • G—PHYSICS
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    • G09F3/00—Labels, tag tickets, or similar identification or indication means; Seals; Postage or like stamps
    • G09F3/08—Fastening or securing by means not forming part of the material of the label itself
    • G09F3/10—Fastening or securing by means not forming part of the material of the label itself by an adhesive layer

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  • the ubiquitous adhesive label is available in a myriad of configurations for use in various applications, including specialty applications.
  • the adhesive label includes an adhesive on its back side and is initially laminated to an underlying release liner.
  • Adhesive labels may be found in individual sheets, or joined together in a fan-fold stack, or in a continuous roll (web). Label rolls are typically used in commercial applications requiring high volume use of labels.
  • the challenge with liner-based adhesive rolls is that as the label is removed from the liner while the web is processed through an auto applicator machine and the label is affixed to a package, the underlying liner is rewound as waste in the machine and the tension in the liner grows causing the liner to break.
  • Swapping out the feed roll and/or removing the waste-liner roll means stopping the machine and having specialized staff remove the waste-liner roll and refeed (rethread) the remaining combined liner-label roll for continued processing or swapping out the liner-label roll with a new liner-label roll.
  • waste-liner label roll is limited (meaning the total number of labels that can be applied to packaging by the machine before waste-liner roll is removed and/or a new liner-label roll is refed in the machine is limited).
  • EP2333752 A1 describes a two-ply label-liner having a label on a strip-shaped backing liner with cut-out regions for reapplication. Non-adhesive portions are provided in the label so that a limited part of the back surface of the cut-out regions is in contact with the surface to which the label 2 is attached.
  • JP2002175014 A1 likewise describes a two-ply label-liner with an adhesive label on a label holding base material, the label providing a delivery slip with a peeling slip.
  • a liner-label, a liner-label roll, and an auto applier machine are provided.
  • the invention is a liner-label, a liner-label roll, and an auto applier machine as defined in the appended claims.
  • a liner-label according to claim 1 is provided.
  • channel a die cut portion of a substrate defined by a weakened periphery that outlines the portion.
  • FIG. 1 is a diagram of a liner-label 100, according to an example embodiment. It is noted that the dimensions of the liner 110 and the label 120 (and 130 a second label removable from label 120) can vary in various embodiments presented herein and below.
  • the liner-label 100 includes: a liner 110 with die cut channel portions 111 and 112, and a label 120 with a separate removable second label 130.
  • the liner 110 is part of a web or roll 200 (discussed below with reference to the FIG. 2 ).
  • the liner 110 is a substrate coated with a release coating (water-based substantially free of silicone or silicon-based).
  • a front side of the liner 110 is manufactured with a label 120 applied thereon.
  • the backside of the label 120 includes an adhesive coating.
  • the label 120 includes a separate die cut second label 130.
  • An auto applicator machine (such as 300 discussed below with the FIG. 5 ) is loaded with the liner-label 100 and automatically removes the label 120 from the liner 110 and applies the label 120 to packaging that passes under a portion of the machine on a transport belt (conveyor belt).
  • the recipient can remove the second label 130 from the label 120 that is affixed to the package.
  • the second label 130 can then be applied to other items/objects, such as a product (the front side of the second label 130 including printed information thereon, such as a barcode or Quick Response (QR) code or other written information and/or graphics).
  • QR Quick Response
  • the front side of the label 120 and the second label 130 includes printed information, such that the front side of the label 120 (the portion that does not include the second label 130) can include addressing information for a destination of the packaging while the front side of the second label can including retailer specific information for a product enclosed in the packaging (such as a product barcode).
  • the labels 120 and 130 is but one scenario and a variety of other useful applications can be used with the novel teachings herein of the liner-label 100.
  • the backside of the label 120 includes an adhesive coating such that when the label 120 is removed as a unit (including the second label 130) from the liner 110, the label 120 adheres to the packaging.
  • the auto applicator machine 300 removes the label 120 from the liner 110, the die cut tabs 111 and 112 are removed with the label 120 creating voids or holes in the liner 110 and assuring that a portion defined by the accompanying die cut liner tabs 111 and 112 do not adhere to the package because the backside of the tabs 111 and 112 lack an adhesive coating and the backside of the tabs 111 and 112 are pressed on the packaging as part of the backside of the label 120.
  • the die cut tabs 111 and 112 create a channel on a portion of the label 120 that includes the second label 130 that is devoid of any adhesive material.
  • the tabs 111 and 112 cover and substantially shield the adhesive material that is on a portion of the label 120 that includes the second label 130.
  • a substantial area of the backside of the second label 130 has its adhesive coating protected and shielded by the tabs 111 and 112.
  • the tabs 111 are slightly different from the tabs 112.
  • the tabs 112 (two of the six are rounded, which allows for a greater surface area of tab coverage on the backside of the label 120 and 130) near an edge where the second label 130 is removed from the label 120. Additionally, the edge of the second label 130 is curved inward away from the edge of the label 120.
  • the geometric configuration provides strength to the second label 130 and permits easier removal from the label 120 without tearing or damage to the second label 130.
  • an inside perimeter portion (along the bottom and side edges) of the backside of the label 120 includes the adhesive coating as does a small portion of the backside of the second label 130 (the curved in edge portion). This ensures that the label 120 adheres to the packaging, even though the area defined by the tabs 111 and 112 that accompanies the label 120 when removed from the liner 110 will not adhere to the packaging because that area defined by the tabs 111 and 112 is devoid of any adhesive material. Additionally, an area that is not covered by the tabs 111 and 112 along the backside of the second label 130 includes a small amount of adhesive, which permits a minimal amount of adhesion between the backside of the second label 130 and packaging.
  • the dimensions of the liner 110 is approximately 4.625 inches in length and approximately 3.125 inches in height.
  • the label 120 is approximately between 4.375 and 4.5 inches in length and approximately 2.875 and 3 inches in height.
  • the die cut tabs 111 and 112 of the liner 110 are each approximately 1.25 inches in length and between 0.40625 and 0.5 inches in height.
  • FIG. 2 is a diagram of a liner-label roll 200 having, according to an example embodiment.
  • the liner-label roll 200 is a two-ply (two independent substrates) that includes: a first substrate 210 having die cut channels 111, which are die cut within the first substrate 210; and a second substrate that includes a series of individual labels 120 (not shown in the FIG. 2 but shown in the FIG. 1 above, each label 120 may be preprinted or may include no printing that can subsequently be printed upon with information to define an individual label 120.
  • Printing on a front side of each label 120 can occur through thermal printing (such as when the front side of the second substrate includes a thermally activated coating) or can occur through laser or dot matrix printing.
  • the second substrate also includes a die cut for each label 120 that defines the independent removable second label 130 within label 120.
  • the backside of the second substrate is coated with an adhesive so it sufficiently adheres to the front side of the first substrate 210.
  • the tabs 111 and 112 are die cut from the liner 110 and are removed from the liner 110 when the auto applicator machine 300 removes the labels 120. This results in holes 201 (shown in the FIGS. 3A and 3B below) in the liner 110 within the waste-liner roll.
  • the auto applicator machine 300 winds the liner 110 into a waste-liner roll, which includes the holes 201. This reduces the weight of the waste-liner roll as it is wound within the auto applicator machine 300, which reduces the tension on the liner-label roll 200 being fed through the auto applicator machine 300. The result of this is that the auto applicator machine 300 can apply a greater number of labels 120 to packaging than conventional approaches.
  • FIG. 3A is a diagram depicting a strip of a liner-label roll 200 from the FIG. 2 , according to an example embodiment.
  • the strip shown in the FIG. 3A shows a front side 210 of the liner 110 from a roll 200 and includes a plurality of labels 120 each having a second die cut label 130 along with the liner tabs 111 and 112.
  • the bottom of the strip shows a removed label and the resulting liner 110 having the holes 201 where the tabs have been removed with the removed label 120.
  • FIG. 3B is a diagram depicting a strip of a waste-liner roll after removal of the labels 120 as a portion of a waste-liner roll, according to an example embodiment.
  • the front side 210 illustrates the holes 201 left after an auto applicator machine 300 has removed the labels 120 (including 130) along with the tabs 111 and 112 from the liner 110. This reduces the weight of the liner 110 in the waste-liner roll and ensures that tension between a liner-label roll 200 (being fed through the auto applicator machine 300) and the maintained waste-liner roll is more efficiently distributed from conventional three-ply approaches.
  • FIG. 4A is a diagram depicting an isolated view of a front side of a second label 130 independent of the composite label 120 from the liner-label roll 200, according to an example embodiment.
  • the second label 130 has a substantial portion of its backside covered by the tabs 111 and 112, which acts as a buffer between the backside of the second label 130 and the liner 110 of the roll 200. Another portion of the tabs 111 and 112 also cover a portion of the backside of the label 120 (not shown in the FIG. 4A but visible in the FIG. 1 ).
  • the curved or concave shape of the rightmost end of the label 130 provides access for grabbing the label 130 and removing the label 130 from label 120 that maybe affixed to packaging.
  • the tabs 111-112 also slightly elevate the label 130 above a surface of any packaging to which the label 120 is affixed. Again, the backsides of the tabs 111-112 are adhesive free (devoid of any adhesive), such that the area defined and covered by the backsides of the tabs 111-112 do not adhere to the packaging.
  • the tabs remain affixed under the backside of the label 120 and against the surface of the packaging, such that there is no debris and such that the label 130 can be directly applied to a product (because the front side of the tabs 111-112 were coated with a release coating and the backside of the label 130 included the adhesive coating).
  • FIG. 4B is a diagram depicting an isolated view of a backside of the second label 130 independent of the composite label 120 from the liner-label roll 200, according to an example embodiment.
  • the label 130 is die cut from the label 120. As such, until the label 130 is removed from the label 120 it remains part of the label 120.
  • the entire backside of the label 120 is coated with adhesive 131.
  • the tabs 111-112 are removed from the liner 110 when the label 120 is removed from the liner 110 and applied to packaging.
  • the backside view of the label 130 illustrates that a small portion (portion not buffered and covered by the tabs 111-112) of the backside of the label 130 includes adhesive material/coating. This allows for a small surface area of the backside of the label 130 to adhere to any packaging to which the label 120 is applied.
  • the second label 120, and the tabs 111-112 still includes active adhesive material because the tabs 111-112 include a release coating where interfaced to the backside of the label 130.
  • the adhesive material 131 is shown as a spot or patterned arrangement, this does not have to be the case as the entire backside can include an adhesive coating 131 in some embodiments.
  • FIG. 5 is a diagram an auto applicator machine 300 for applying a label to packaging from the liner-label roll and winding the waste-liner roll within the auto applicator machine, according to an example embodiment.
  • the auto applicator machine 300 presented is one type of auto applicator machine 300. That is, other types and configurations can be used with the novel liner-label rolls 200 and liner-labels 120 presented herein and above.
  • a liner-label roll 200 is loaded into the machine 300 and the front surface 210 having the labels 120 with the tabs 111 are oriented properly during the load.
  • the machine 300 removes the label 120 that includes the die cut label 130 from the liner 110 and automatically applies to packaging.
  • the liner 110 that now includes the holes 201 for the removed tabs 111-112 is then fed into a waste-liner roll (bottom spool in the FIG. 5 ).
  • the package can then be delivered and an operator can remove the label 130.
  • the tabs 111-112 remain under the backside of label 120 that remains adhered to the package.
  • Over approximately 70% of the backside of the removed label 130 includes unadulterated adhesive material, such that the removed label 130 can be applied to a product (item or object).
  • novel liner-label 120 and liner-label roll 200 can improve capacity processing (per roll) in an auto applicator machine 300 by optimally maintaining tension in the liner 110 as the machine 300 dispenses the labels 120 onto packaging. This also provides reduced waste byproduct since two-plys (substrates) are used in the liner-label roll 200 as opposed to the conventional approach utilizing three-plys (substrates).

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